NEET Biology question

Refer to the given food web (Oak → Insect/Rabbit/Deer/Mice; Insect → Toad; Mice/Toad → Skunk/Bird; Deer/Skunk/Bird → Wolf/Fox) and select the correct option regarding it.

(A)Deer passes a relatively high percentage of net primary productivity to wolf as compared to foxCorrect
(B)Net secondary productivity in fox is higher than that of bird
(C)If an organism is introduced into this community which specifically feeds on skunk, then the insect and bird populations will be positively affected
(D)Primary productivity of oak will always be lower than secondary productivity of deer, mice and rabbit

Answer: (A)

Solution

Among the available pathways, deer forms a more direct, shorter link to the wolf than to the fox, so

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Question ID VK-127042